Pisgah National Forest
Pisgah National Forest is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 854 m. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Craggy Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 11.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.2 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Craggy Knob: 1.1 mi
- Unnamed Peak: 2.0 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Wallace Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Forked Ridge Knob: 2.1 mi
- Welsh Field: 3.3 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 4.2 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 4.3 mi
- Town Square: 4.5 mi
- Youth Center Park: 4.5 mi
- Cascades Falls: 2.8 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 3.1 mi
- Douglas Falls: 3.3 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.8 mi
- Walker Falls: 5.2 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Potato House: 6.5 mi
- Spring House: 6.5 mi
- Tool Shed: 6.5 mi
- Tennis Court: 6.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 6.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 12.0 mi
- Terrace garden: 12.9 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 12.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 5.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 8.5 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 13.4 mi
- Deco Gecko: 13.4 mi
- Passage: 13.6 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 4.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 7.2 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 9.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.7 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 7.5 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 9.7 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 9.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 11.6 mi
- Ironland: 13.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 3.3 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 3.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 12.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 2.5 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 15.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 19.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 19.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 4.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 6.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 7.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 21.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Pisgah National Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | NE 39° | 1,981 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | NE 38° | 1,971 m | 5.0 mi |
| Potato Knob | NE 39° | 1,946 m | 4.3 mi |
| Hallback | NE 38° | 1,923 m | 5.9 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | NNE 18° | 1,910 m | 4.1 mi |
| Craggy Dome | NW 319° | 1,853 m | 2.3 mi |
| Patton Knob | NNE 30° | 1,828 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,798 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element relation/7277177
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